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governor red rendell, we have john boehner and harry- reid and president barack obama and a status quo election in that sense but do you think the president will have more success to work together in the next administration? >> well i thiha there are here. number one, the fact that that's a crisis. cliff is a skri sis. debt situation overall is a crisis and creates a environment of a real opportunity to get something done. most big changes, most big changes occur when there is crisisnt is free have to worry about offending the base and saying he's for significant entitlement reform. he can lead and come to the middle saying to mitch mccnell and john boehner, look i'm for significant entitlement reform and revenues with it. let's go. if he needs and public with a plan, and the republicans torpedo that plan refusing to raise revenue, i think they're going to face political extinction in the next election the problems taken care of. governor? i'm sorry. i have to interrupt >> my congratulations to president obama and the first lady and the
governor red rendell, we have john boehner and harry- reid and president barack obama and a status quo election in that sense but do you think the president will have more success to work together in the next administration? >> well i thiha there are here. number one, the fact that that's a crisis. cliff is a skri sis. debt situation overall is a crisis and creates a environment of a real opportunity to get something done. most big changes, most big changes occur when there is crisisnt is...
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speaker boehner's right about that. we can't kick the can down the road. but that means doing a lot of things that are painful to people on all sides of the equation. but it's the only way that it gets it done. i hope the president responds positively to this. i mean, we can nitpick it. surely we can point out when bill clinton raised taxes on the top 2% of americans it produced a greatest period of economic growth in the last 60 years. 23 million new jobs created so i don't know that speaker boehner's contention of a job killer to do that is correct. >> right. >> the evidence shows that it's incorrect but look. the bottom line is the speaker says he's willing to accept revenue. i hope he's speaking for a majority of his caucus. if he is, we have a chance to do some really good things. >> steve? >> yeah. governor, we have been down this road, though, before. i remember republicans before when we had the grand bargain negotiation summer of 2011 and unlike republicans saying we're likely to accept new revenue and talking about the thing that mitt romney prop
speaker boehner's right about that. we can't kick the can down the road. but that means doing a lot of things that are painful to people on all sides of the equation. but it's the only way that it gets it done. i hope the president responds positively to this. i mean, we can nitpick it. surely we can point out when bill clinton raised taxes on the top 2% of americans it produced a greatest period of economic growth in the last 60 years. 23 million new jobs created so i don't know that speaker...
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only 19% trust john boehner. and in the wake of tonight's developments i would imagine those numbers would get a little worse for the speaker of the house. joining me tonight, former governor howard dean of vermont and cnbc political analyst. mr. dean, good to have you with us, governor. >> thanks, ed. >> give us in short order your commentary without question, what do you think has happened here this evening? >> well, the inside baseball of this is really a problem for the speaker. you can't -- this is something you can't do. you can't have your budget overridden, as governors know, and you can't have a major initiative like this go down when you think you have the votes and you don't. it would not entirely surprise me to see eric cantor or kevin mccarthy, who've been waiting in the wings, kind of gently stack the speaker in the back for a couple years, to make their move after the new session starts. the fiscal cliff, as you know, i believe the country would be better off if we went over the fiscal cliff. we wo
only 19% trust john boehner. and in the wake of tonight's developments i would imagine those numbers would get a little worse for the speaker of the house. joining me tonight, former governor howard dean of vermont and cnbc political analyst. mr. dean, good to have you with us, governor. >> thanks, ed. >> give us in short order your commentary without question, what do you think has happened here this evening? >> well, the inside baseball of this is really a problem for the...
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and so i think what boehner was basically saying is that he's putting a flag in the ground. so we're going to see this as an opportunity to get more spending cuts. we're not going to back down ton this. this is make the best opportunity we have to get the cuts we want and stop the growing size of government. i would expect them to follow through on that to a significant degr degree. basically their party demands it. >> we're going to hear what the speaker said as he spoke to reporters before the noontime session. but there was essentially duelling statements between the speaker of the house and nancy pelosi on really what took place inside the meet. based on your reporting, what have you been able to glean? >> well, it sounds like is basically what happened in the debt limit showdown. president obama says i want a clean debt limit increase, which means that it doesn't take into account all the other things. it doesn't necessarily take into account spending cuts or anything like that. and republicans are basically saying we need enough spending cuts that they equal the debt l
and so i think what boehner was basically saying is that he's putting a flag in the ground. so we're going to see this as an opportunity to get more spending cuts. we're not going to back down ton this. this is make the best opportunity we have to get the cuts we want and stop the growing size of government. i would expect them to follow through on that to a significant degr degree. basically their party demands it. >> we're going to hear what the speaker said as he spoke to reporters...
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boehner on the ninth. different position they vary on revenue as well as the amount of spending cuts. >> i'm not going to comment on internal conversations the president had, meetings the president had, meetings and conversations the -- with the president's -- that the president's team have had. it doesn't help the process. speculation about what was said and spin about what it means does not in my view, or our view, help the process move forward. you know, we hope and remain optimistic about the possibility of an agreement being reached and that is why we are taking the approach we're taking. >> to follow up on what jim and jake were asking, that billion dollar item in the september 19 proposal, that's how off the -- that's now off the table, you said, it's changed a little bit. >> there are some changes to our views on that but it is not -- it does not represent a sizable portion of the overall savings put forward in the proposal and again we're committed to achieving that level of savings. >> $100 billi
boehner on the ninth. different position they vary on revenue as well as the amount of spending cuts. >> i'm not going to comment on internal conversations the president had, meetings the president had, meetings and conversations the -- with the president's -- that the president's team have had. it doesn't help the process. speculation about what was said and spin about what it means does not in my view, or our view, help the process move forward. you know, we hope and remain optimistic...
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speaker boehner put it in one of his tweets today. so it looks like the president has actually led the republicans to an agreement on what we should be doing with student loans, but the republicans are going to try to play this in such a way -- is there a way, i guess, for them to play it where the president doesn't end up with the credit here? >> he's going to end up with the credit for it. it's bad politics for republicans to be opposed to it. and just truck by watching the president on the late night show at the college campuses -- >> how would you like to have a candidate like that? >> he's an awfully good campaigner. it's incredible to watch. there's such a gap between republicans and democrats on this stuff. i remember on the bush campaign in 2004, i meant with our entertainment coalition. it was a former juggler and a ringling brothers executive. so, you know, when it comes to, you know, being hip with the culture, you know, we operate at a little bit of a deficit. >> you always have ted nugent. >> howard, we saw mitt romney gi
speaker boehner put it in one of his tweets today. so it looks like the president has actually led the republicans to an agreement on what we should be doing with student loans, but the republicans are going to try to play this in such a way -- is there a way, i guess, for them to play it where the president doesn't end up with the credit here? >> he's going to end up with the credit for it. it's bad politics for republicans to be opposed to it. and just truck by watching the president on...
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the headaches for john boehner -- mitch mcconnell has been very cold-blooded in his strategy in a way the john boehner has not -- it was in the house for more than the freshman tea party members, the members of the republican study committee including longtime veterans like jim jordan of ohio and mike: pants and a number of others who posed a much deeper challenge. it's part of the problem was there is a natural tendency when you have this movement emerging and people who are energized to write to that tiger and exploited as much as you can. once you have taken them past the finish line, you can call up to them. you can change the animal metaphor. if you cultivate a hungry rottweiler and it scares everybody in the neighborhood, that can be fabulous until you have to go outside. then it may not recognize to the master really is. it has been frustrating for john boehner who is a legislator and problem solver that he cannot control his troops. that is a part of what is going on here. what is also true is that the tea party people coming in as freshmen viewed themselves as different from
the headaches for john boehner -- mitch mcconnell has been very cold-blooded in his strategy in a way the john boehner has not -- it was in the house for more than the freshman tea party members, the members of the republican study committee including longtime veterans like jim jordan of ohio and mike: pants and a number of others who posed a much deeper challenge. it's part of the problem was there is a natural tendency when you have this movement emerging and people who are energized to write...
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. >> reporter: john boehner accused the president of looking for a scapegoat. boehner endorsed mitt romney. >> i think mitt romney has a set of economic policies that can put americans back to work. >> reporter: in a backyard in pennsylvania, romney said new obama environmental rules drive down domestic energy production. >> he wants oil, gas, coal, nuclear, wind, solar, yet as you point out he makes it harder and harder to take advantage of the resources that are actually below the ground. >> reporter: the president says he wants to make it harder for speculators to take advantage of u.s. drivers. i'm steve han decemberman, nbc news, washington. >>> the u.s. secret service is investigating rocker ted nugent after a violent rant against president obama. he called the president and his advisors evil, and urged members of the national rifle association to "chop their heads off in november." he said "if barack obama becomes the president in november again, i will either be dead or in jail by this time next year." nugent endorsed mitt romney whose spokesperson refe
. >> reporter: john boehner accused the president of looking for a scapegoat. boehner endorsed mitt romney. >> i think mitt romney has a set of economic policies that can put americans back to work. >> reporter: in a backyard in pennsylvania, romney said new obama environmental rules drive down domestic energy production. >> he wants oil, gas, coal, nuclear, wind, solar, yet as you point out he makes it harder and harder to take advantage of the resources that are...
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we will hear from john boehner, ann romney, and chris christie on tuesday night. on wednesday, paul ryan. finishing out with presidential candidate mitt romney on thursday. ron paul speaking about his liberty message ahead of the republican convention. >> welcome. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> you just heard from paul talking about his liberte chan message ahead of the republican convention in tampa. the supporters praised the increasingly bad weather. if you missed any of his "we are the future" rally, we will have again at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c- span. >> congressman pete sessions, from texas, and chair of the republican national campaign committee. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> also joining us, our guest reporters are josh kraushaar, executive editor for "hotline," and charlie mahtesian, national politics editor for "politico." thank you for being with us. let's begin with a series of ads which you are taking aim at the president in some key races trying to tag
we will hear from john boehner, ann romney, and chris christie on tuesday night. on wednesday, paul ryan. finishing out with presidential candidate mitt romney on thursday. ron paul speaking about his liberty message ahead of the republican convention. >> welcome. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> you just heard from paul talking about his liberte chan message ahead of the republican convention in...
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the big fiscal cliff, your last chance, boehner's last chance. a little bit of the article, it was quite piercing article in places. the writer john farrell said, false starts and failures characterize johnberryner's nearly two-year record as speaker. as the leader of the house gop, he has faced two crises of this scale and come up short on this each occasion. no one has doubted his sincerity, what they're looking for his lead. >> leaders need followers. we got 89 brand-new members. we got a pretty desperate caucus. >> some say they are leading you sf. >> and it's hard to keep 218 frogs in the wheelbarrow to something passed. >> quite an image. >> the challenge that i have, we always have some members who want to do more. i want to do more, too, but republicans are still a minority here in wash phone. we got the democrats controlling the house. >> you're the speaker of the house? >> i know. we got the democrats controlling the senate. a democratic in the white house and our members are pretty frustrated can you get more half of your members to su
the big fiscal cliff, your last chance, boehner's last chance. a little bit of the article, it was quite piercing article in places. the writer john farrell said, false starts and failures characterize johnberryner's nearly two-year record as speaker. as the leader of the house gop, he has faced two crises of this scale and come up short on this each occasion. no one has doubted his sincerity, what they're looking for his lead. >> leaders need followers. we got 89 brand-new members. we...
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next, boehner is betting man. stay with us. >> i would say there's a two in three chance that we win control of the house again. but there's a one in three chance that we could lose. >> you're telling me there's a chance. >> yeah! ♪ you are my sunshine, my only sunshine ♪ ♪ you make me happy [ female announcer ] choose the same brand your mom trusted for you. children's tylenol, the #1 brand of pain and fever relief recommended by pediatricians and used by moms decade after decade. [ male announcer ] want your weeds to hit the road? hit 'em, with roundup extended control. one application kills weeds, and stops new ones for up to four months. roundup extended control. for up to four months. (spoken in mandarin) i've still got hours of battery life. it's an ultrabook. you bring great shame upon this coffee hut. with a long-lasting ultrabook, everything else seems old fashioned. ultrabook. inspired by intel. holding down the fort while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me, your friends showed up
next, boehner is betting man. stay with us. >> i would say there's a two in three chance that we win control of the house again. but there's a one in three chance that we could lose. >> you're telling me there's a chance. >> yeah! ♪ you are my sunshine, my only sunshine ♪ ♪ you make me happy [ female announcer ] choose the same brand your mom trusted for you. children's tylenol, the #1 brand of pain and fever relief recommended by pediatricians and used by moms decade...
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for boehner, that was a deal breaker. he wasn't going to get a damn dime more out of me, boehner told woodward. a critical juncture boehner didn't bother to return the president's phone calls. when they connected, the furious president was spewing coals. the president acknowledged he was angry, but also tells woodward, he had sympathy for boehner because he couldn't control extremists in the new tea party congress. you see how crazy these people are. >> i understand him, the people said. through woodward, the total breakdown of the talks reflected badly on everyone. it was clear no one was running washington. it was trouble for everyone, but especially for obama. >> woodward shows an almost complete lack of communications between republicans in the white house. when republicans won the house in 2010, the president wanted to call john boehner to congratulate him, and nobody in the white house had his phone number. >> thanks so much, john. on monday, you'll hear more of the incredible drama unveiled by bob woodward, our ful
for boehner, that was a deal breaker. he wasn't going to get a damn dime more out of me, boehner told woodward. a critical juncture boehner didn't bother to return the president's phone calls. when they connected, the furious president was spewing coals. the president acknowledged he was angry, but also tells woodward, he had sympathy for boehner because he couldn't control extremists in the new tea party congress. you see how crazy these people are. >> i understand him, the people said....
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go boehner, go tea party. another example of how republicans have become an protest party with no action for our country. mitt romney staffed stopped reporters from asking him questions today. what is is he afraid of? why won't he answer questions about the jobs killed by bain capital? plus the defense rests on an edward case and never calls edwards or his girlfriend, hundred hunter, to the stand. how about outside money changing senate election in nebraska and pushing candidate back by sarah palin way over the top at the last minute. is that more of dirty angry money we've been talking about? >>> finally let me fin wish strange thoughts rather about a strange election getting under way. this is going to be a strange up with. we know obama but who is this other guy? we begin with a sequel to this year's infamous debt showdown. the inside look at what happened last time when obama fought back against boehner, caine and the tea party. look at this. here is speaker boehner. he is trying to sound like one of them.
go boehner, go tea party. another example of how republicans have become an protest party with no action for our country. mitt romney staffed stopped reporters from asking him questions today. what is is he afraid of? why won't he answer questions about the jobs killed by bain capital? plus the defense rests on an edward case and never calls edwards or his girlfriend, hundred hunter, to the stand. how about outside money changing senate election in nebraska and pushing candidate back by sarah...
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john boehner obviously we know what happened last week. sifting through the wreckage of the plan "b." gone back to plan "a," a bill passed by the congress and extending tax cuts for everyone and sent to the senate. they don't expect the senate to take that. use that as a legislative vehicle and what's today? saturday. new year's eve is -- sorry. today's friday. too much holiday cheer. but come on. i mean -- >> he will be working the weekend. >> reporter: i am. oh my god. i don't want to get started on that. but anyway, you know, there's a lot at stake here. and, you know, it is late for this kind of thing to go on. and really, steve, i know you have been on board for this last several days, as well. most logical thing and perverse logic and chamber politics, any way to look at it is most logical thing is to go over and then come back to vote to cut taxes. but hey, you know, pride goeth before the fall. they could come up with a miraculous recovery. some sort of immaculate deal and may actually spur some conversations on the margins and may
john boehner obviously we know what happened last week. sifting through the wreckage of the plan "b." gone back to plan "a," a bill passed by the congress and extending tax cuts for everyone and sent to the senate. they don't expect the senate to take that. use that as a legislative vehicle and what's today? saturday. new year's eve is -- sorry. today's friday. too much holiday cheer. but come on. i mean -- >> he will be working the weekend. >> reporter: i am. oh...
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house speaker john boehner was if there is a mandate, it is a ground. boy, totally different tones i . realize have a tough fight for re-election, possibly for renominati and for his senate seat in kentucky boner makes a statement also on the fiscal cliff negotiations today at 3:30 this afternoon. will either party ultimaty have a mandate in those negotiations as they go forward? will republican lawsuits produce soul-searching? does boehner and mcconnell#+c figure out the best thing to do is do a of the of the pick tíq scab if now and start anew when calendar turns?it will be ier races that have not been decided members of congress are in trouble. the open seat in arizona. second. gabby gifford's former seat. the open sea in arizona nine uncalled. dan lun green is votes. the open seat in california 26. we don't know what will happen there. 100% are in . mary bono mack is behind. will she join her husband coming an congress. bilbray is behind with 100% reporting in california as we mentioned already, incumbent allen west is behind in florida 18 with
house speaker john boehner was if there is a mandate, it is a ground. boy, totally different tones i . realize have a tough fight for re-election, possibly for renominati and for his senate seat in kentucky boner makes a statement also on the fiscal cliff negotiations today at 3:30 this afternoon. will either party ultimaty have a mandate in those negotiations as they go forward? will republican lawsuits produce soul-searching? does boehner and mcconnell#+c figure out the best thing to do is...
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harry reid called boehner a dictator. i find it strange because they don't call actual dick tears dictators. they never call chavez or castro a dictator but they will call boehner a dictator. are they going to start acting like adults soon. >> the house has done their job. it's ironic to me that harry reid goes after john boehner. the house of representatives did this months ago which is when it should have been done. extended the rates. replaced the across the board cuts with responsible reductions in spending. and, yet, here the senate is pointing the finger at the house of representatives. the speaker is right to say it's up to the senate. and this is where it's going to have to happen. >> all right, senator. thanks at lot. next on the run down do both parties actually want to go over the fiscal cliff to save political face? we'll debate it the state department officials out of their jobs after the benghazi terrorist attack are reportedly still on the payroll. we have details moments away. >> greg: continuing with top
harry reid called boehner a dictator. i find it strange because they don't call actual dick tears dictators. they never call chavez or castro a dictator but they will call boehner a dictator. are they going to start acting like adults soon. >> the house has done their job. it's ironic to me that harry reid goes after john boehner. the house of representatives did this months ago which is when it should have been done. extended the rates. replaced the across the board cuts with responsible...
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john boehner spokesman's issue with the shows are john boehner is bad at his job hypothesis. very early on in the speaker's tenure, it seemed like he was not doing a great job. it actually started on hisirpub congress accidentally did not get sworn in to officially become congressmen. they instead were at some reception and when the official swearing in started an they weren't on the house floor, they turned to a tv set broadcasting the swearing in and they raised their hands and tried to take the oath to the television. as speaker you have to make sure all your people are there before you start the swearing in, did nobody explain this? there was also the very pious reading of the constitution on the house floor to mark the start of john boehner's speakership some part they left out because pieces of paper in the binder they were reading from got stuck together and nobody noticed. so those parts of the constitution just got skipped and didn't get read. >> finger cuffs, maybe, maybe proof read it was being said right, you did make a big deal, you asked for the attention, didn'
john boehner spokesman's issue with the shows are john boehner is bad at his job hypothesis. very early on in the speaker's tenure, it seemed like he was not doing a great job. it actually started on hisirpub congress accidentally did not get sworn in to officially become congressmen. they instead were at some reception and when the official swearing in started an they weren't on the house floor, they turned to a tv set broadcasting the swearing in and they raised their hands and tried to take...
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boehner. i have never met him. people say he's a nice guy. well respected by his colleagues, he's just not good at the job of being speaker of the house. the newest data for the john boehner is bad at his job hypothesis came today with the collapse of what was supposed to be the john boehner signature legislative accomplishment of the year. it was a big bill on transportation that is now falling apart. mr. boehner now reportedly contemplating breaking it up in pieces after it has been repeatedly delayed. from the hill "the move would be seen as a dramatic retreat for the speaker" from roll call "republican privately acknowledged the problems with the bill lie within mr. boehner's own conference." "the turmoil is the latest in a series of embarrassing errors for mr. boehner it was intended to be his signature legislative policy proposal but he's struggled to pull enough goff votes to pass it. the beltway report is problems have nothing to do with the minority democrats in the house, it's john boehner is bad at his job, he can't get his own sid
boehner. i have never met him. people say he's a nice guy. well respected by his colleagues, he's just not good at the job of being speaker of the house. the newest data for the john boehner is bad at his job hypothesis came today with the collapse of what was supposed to be the john boehner signature legislative accomplishment of the year. it was a big bill on transportation that is now falling apart. mr. boehner now reportedly contemplating breaking it up in pieces after it has been...
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speaker boehner questioned the timing of it, do you? >>guest: well, it is all timed to raise funds and just another distraction, the president can not run on a record so he will, every week, roll out some new distraction to make sure that the american people are not concentrating on the economy. but, again, i agree with governor romney i don't think the american people are stupid we will hold the president accountable for a disappointing time in office and we have 2012 coming up and we need to change directions here quickly. >>neil: thank you, senator. we getting reports of how much money the president has been raise since his change in position on the gay issue. as i said, $1 million raised in a little more than 90 minutes and that was just hours from the president announcing that a marriage can be defined as more between a man and a woman and we are told that ahead of the big fundraiser at clooney's house in california he could raise north of $15 million which would be more than the romney catch raises in a month in one fell swoop. do
speaker boehner questioned the timing of it, do you? >>guest: well, it is all timed to raise funds and just another distraction, the president can not run on a record so he will, every week, roll out some new distraction to make sure that the american people are not concentrating on the economy. but, again, i agree with governor romney i don't think the american people are stupid we will hold the president accountable for a disappointing time in office and we have 2012 coming up and we...
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i'm sure the real obstacle here is house speaker john boehner. >> nobody wants to see student loan interest rates go up. >> jon: oh, my god. everybody agrees. the planets are aligning. this is the dawning of the age of aquarius. we're going to get a bill to keep interest rates on student loans, to keep those rates from doubling. >> the obama administration is threatening to veto a bill designed to keep interest rates on student loans from doubling. >> jon: (beep) happened? we were all friends. we agreed. we were songing songs from "hair." what's the problem? >> the issue is really how they do it. >> jon: i keep forgetting we have to pay for this crap. >> republican are proposing what they call eliminating a slush fund that was created by obama care. >> jon: who would be against eliminating a slush fund? slush is a terrible thing. i'm from new york. i know slush. it's like a rain water and dog urien slumpy. what's in this slush fund? >> democrats are hitting at them saying you're going to be targeting, in part, things for women's health, testing like mammograms and that kind of thing. >> jon
i'm sure the real obstacle here is house speaker john boehner. >> nobody wants to see student loan interest rates go up. >> jon: oh, my god. everybody agrees. the planets are aligning. this is the dawning of the age of aquarius. we're going to get a bill to keep interest rates on student loans, to keep those rates from doubling. >> the obama administration is threatening to veto a bill designed to keep interest rates on student loans from doubling. >> jon: (beep)...
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for boehner that was a deal breaker. wasn't going toi] get a dime more out f me boehner told woodward. critical junction your boehner didn't even bother to return the president phone call. when they finally connected boehner tells woodward the furious president was quote stewing coals. president acknowledged he was angry. but also tells woodward he had quote some sympathy for boehner. because he just couldn't control extremist in the new tea party kchlingt see how crazy the people r.i understand him the president said. to woodward the total breakdown of the talk reflected badly on everyone. it was increasingly clear that no one was running washington. that was trouble for everyone but especially for obama. >> jonathan karl reporting for us. >> san jose city college named new art center today after long time employee who also happen happens to be a multi-million near. carmen castle worked at the school for 33 years. that's before she and her husband hit the california lottery jackpot winning 141 million dollars. her name
for boehner that was a deal breaker. wasn't going toi] get a dime more out f me boehner told woodward. critical junction your boehner didn't even bother to return the president phone call. when they finally connected boehner tells woodward the furious president was quote stewing coals. president acknowledged he was angry. but also tells woodward he had quote some sympathy for boehner. because he just couldn't control extremist in the new tea party kchlingt see how crazy the people r.i...
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frosty as boehner said it's just a matter of trust here where boehner and obama were so close to that deal you talked about, rick, then they didn't get the deal done, and both sides are still pointing fingers to this day. rick: they didn't get the deal son and now speaker boehner is saying that the president basically checked out on labor day at the end of last summer, checked out, went into his re-election mode and has stopped governing. i wonder when we hear the sort of combative tone of speaker boehner and he's not the only republican saying these kind of this is, not just mitt romney. what kind of a role will speaker boehner play in the upcoming general election? >> president obama has the bully pulpit. republicans know they are at a disadvantage. they need republican surrogates to go up against president obama and the bully pulpit, that's why mitch mcconnell on the senate florida was attacking president obama and democratic policies as a disgrace. that's why mcconnell endorsed romney. that's why boehner was attacking obama. i think congressional leaders will have a big role. mitt
frosty as boehner said it's just a matter of trust here where boehner and obama were so close to that deal you talked about, rick, then they didn't get the deal done, and both sides are still pointing fingers to this day. rick: they didn't get the deal son and now speaker boehner is saying that the president basically checked out on labor day at the end of last summer, checked out, went into his re-election mode and has stopped governing. i wonder when we hear the sort of combative tone of...
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john boehner allowed the tea party to take over his conference. the republicans fully embraced extremism. >> she's right. republicans in the congress have taken extremism it a whole new level. just last week house republicans voted to gut $33 billion from food stamp programs. the new york times calls it a callous choice saying quote they will take tens of billions out of programs for the poorest americans. particularly food stamps. along with health care for the middle class. under the proposal, 2 million people would lose all benefits. 44 million people would see reduction in their benefits and 280,000 kids would lose their free lunch meals. no wonder president obama keeps pushing the fairness message. >> in america, we admire success. we aspire to it. i want everybody to be rich. but america is not just about a few people doing well. america is about giving everybody a chance to do well. everybody. >> joining me now is congressman, democrat from pennsylvania. thanks for being here tonight, congressman. >> thank you for having me again. >> i don'
john boehner allowed the tea party to take over his conference. the republicans fully embraced extremism. >> she's right. republicans in the congress have taken extremism it a whole new level. just last week house republicans voted to gut $33 billion from food stamp programs. the new york times calls it a callous choice saying quote they will take tens of billions out of programs for the poorest americans. particularly food stamps. along with health care for the middle class. under the...
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republicans in the house under the leadership of john painer -- boehner and certainly paul ryan have a plan, one we are on record for, we voted for, and which the democrats, as you have seen, oppose. they have no credible plan that would offer us a sustaining plan for the future for seniors or for us to avoid bankruptcy. >> >> would you rather have your candidates running across the country campaigning on health care or would you rather have them running on a presidential steward ship of the economy? >> i think we would compare and contrast. we are faced with a budget that is not only out of control, but no plan that would substantially alter the direction that we are headed. republicans offer ideas to solve problems. yes, paul ryan is that opportunity for responsible conversation and adult conversation about we must do something now that we are here. the president and democrats are void except to try to blame republicans and mischaracterize. the president, if he is going to get elected, he needs to first of all, tell the truth to the american people about what this plan has done. it
republicans in the house under the leadership of john painer -- boehner and certainly paul ryan have a plan, one we are on record for, we voted for, and which the democrats, as you have seen, oppose. they have no credible plan that would offer us a sustaining plan for the future for seniors or for us to avoid bankruptcy. >> >> would you rather have your candidates running across the country campaigning on health care or would you rather have them running on a presidential steward...
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. >> then boehner sensing blood in the water says these guys, i guess they're going to let me push them around again said this: >> racing taxes on small business people is the wrong prescription given our economy. when you look at the president's proposal half of the people who would get hit with higher taxes or file as individuals. >> is it on the table to talk about? because the campaign, 60% of the voters have said that they are ready to raise these taxes. they are ready to have the wealthy americans pitch in here. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable. >> bill: so here we are right back at it again encouraged by the weakness the departments immediately show, here comes boehner again saying unacceptal. what is unacceptable is how washington continues to screw over the american class. allen grayson was a former congressman and future congressman. great to have you here. talk to me about the grand bargain, as it's currently structured are you for or against it? >> entirely against it. there is a book called the shock doctrine. this is an article official shock, being introduced to justi
. >> then boehner sensing blood in the water says these guys, i guess they're going to let me push them around again said this: >> racing taxes on small business people is the wrong prescription given our economy. when you look at the president's proposal half of the people who would get hit with higher taxes or file as individuals. >> is it on the table to talk about? because the campaign, 60% of the voters have said that they are ready to raise these taxes. they are ready to...
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before hand, speaker boehner had a hard time getting some of his more conservative members to buy in to certain concrete hiatt -- compromises. going forward, we will have to see if the tea party conservatives will seem to have the same support. the president now has the upper hand and when he talks to speaker boehner he will have to take that message back and he gets a little bit more behind him. >> week and a shop with a meeting between the leaders and the white house. what is the dynamic? >> it will be very interesting to see. hopefully we will hear from them exactly what their conversation was with the president. it is unlikely that we're going to see a detailed agreement on specific issues. are we going to hear about tax breaks or how entitlement reform is going to happen in the deal? on not sure. these figures are going to be out there. they're all going to be scrambling to set the tone in the way that they want to set it. of they will have discussions like the democratic leaders also say let these are the areas where we made clear to republican leaders where we are not going to
before hand, speaker boehner had a hard time getting some of his more conservative members to buy in to certain concrete hiatt -- compromises. going forward, we will have to see if the tea party conservatives will seem to have the same support. the president now has the upper hand and when he talks to speaker boehner he will have to take that message back and he gets a little bit more behind him. >> week and a shop with a meeting between the leaders and the white house. what is the...
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other republicans say the gop needs to support boehner. >> he's our speaker. he's our leader. we are never going to get the perfect deal. i'm confident that john will get the best deal we can consistent with our principals. >> boehner offered to raise income tax rate is contingent upon entitlement cuts including an anapest spied increase to the eligibility age to medicare. >>> 4:45 now. thousands of south bay families will receive free holiday meals this morning. workers and volunteers are getting ready to give meals to 3200 families. next week sacred heart plans to give out toys but didn't have enough. if you'd like to donate toys go to ktvu.com and look for the link under sacred heart. >>> 4:45 is the time. back over to sal. a little wet out there, sal. so the commute could be tough. >> it's going to be tough yeah pam and brian. you should try to leave the house earlier. we haven't had a lot of crashes out there. it's nice and light. but you never know what will happen later. you might want to give yourself extra time. let's take a look at 80 westbound. you can see traffic i
other republicans say the gop needs to support boehner. >> he's our speaker. he's our leader. we are never going to get the perfect deal. i'm confident that john will get the best deal we can consistent with our principals. >> boehner offered to raise income tax rate is contingent upon entitlement cuts including an anapest spied increase to the eligibility age to medicare. >>> 4:45 now. thousands of south bay families will receive free holiday meals this morning. workers...
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to boehner on thursday. boehner said, tells us, he was flabbergasted and said you can't be serious. it called for doublebe what the president talked about in public. not $800 billion in new revenue but $1.6 trillion in revenue. only $600 million in entitlement and spending cuts. well, that is not one to one or three to one. more revenue than spending cuts. they are really far away now. i understand negotiations. i understand opening bid. for first time, it occurred to me they might not get it done. >> you get a sense hearing from both of them that is a real possibility. what do you make of the negotiation of the tactic? it seems like what secretary geithner behalf of the president brought to the table. reports that senator mcconnell laughed out loud when he got the report. is it posturing and are both sides enfrenched they won't find middle ground? >> possibility. let me take the optimistic possibility here. that would be that with the white house demanding one $1 $1.6 trillion in revenue. gets to 1.2 or tri
to boehner on thursday. boehner said, tells us, he was flabbergasted and said you can't be serious. it called for doublebe what the president talked about in public. not $800 billion in new revenue but $1.6 trillion in revenue. only $600 million in entitlement and spending cuts. well, that is not one to one or three to one. more revenue than spending cuts. they are really far away now. i understand negotiations. i understand opening bid. for first time, it occurred to me they might not get it...
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where does boehner find the money to pay for the extension? out of the president's health care law, brian, so the politics of this issue is far from over. >>> on capitol hill, a congressional hearing on this secret service prostitution scandal which has badly harmed the reputation of the men and women who protect our presidents, and today, homeland security secretary janet napolitano called the whole thing inexcusable. kelly o'donnell reports. >> today, the first public review of the secret service prostitution scandal. >> all of us are shocked and terribly troubled by it. >> think it really shook the trust of a lot of people. >> secretary of homeland security, janet napolitano, promised answers. >> we are going to get to the bottom of this. we're going to make sure that standards in training, if they need to be tightened, are tightened. >> the scandal in cartagena involving prostitutes has cost eight members of the secret service their jobs, perhaps a ninth. three others face reprimand. today, one nagging suspicion. senators repeatedly asked
where does boehner find the money to pay for the extension? out of the president's health care law, brian, so the politics of this issue is far from over. >>> on capitol hill, a congressional hearing on this secret service prostitution scandal which has badly harmed the reputation of the men and women who protect our presidents, and today, homeland security secretary janet napolitano called the whole thing inexcusable. kelly o'donnell reports. >> today, the first public review of...
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and john boehner says we're at a stalemate. and president obama himself is kind of getting ugly about this enemy's list. we've seen this before from him. my proposal is, republicans have to come with a counter offer. right now. there's no point in blasting obama. just a counter offer. i want to read from today's newspaper. this is what mitch mcconnell said. "higher medicare premiums for the wealthy, an increase in the medicare eligibility age, and a slowing of costs of living increases for programs like social security. and then republicans would agree to include more tax revenue in the deal but not from higher tax rates." now, let's just look at this for a second. we'll go to you first, nan. he wants medicare eligibility, he wants medicaid reforms, he wants spending cuts. then he'll talk revenues. that seems reasonable to me. is he going to do it? will the republicans come back with their own counter offer? >> well, certainly larry those are elements of a long-term approach to our enormous debt. it's a crushing debt. it hams o
and john boehner says we're at a stalemate. and president obama himself is kind of getting ugly about this enemy's list. we've seen this before from him. my proposal is, republicans have to come with a counter offer. right now. there's no point in blasting obama. just a counter offer. i want to read from today's newspaper. this is what mitch mcconnell said. "higher medicare premiums for the wealthy, an increase in the medicare eligibility age, and a slowing of costs of living increases for...
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it looks like boehner is threatening just that. he will not let the debt ceiling increase or create a function. he will create a crisis right before the election. the american people will see their credit rating drop, the s&p will go down, and the county think suffer. >> this is like a bad summer rerun. their play was partisan obstruction, protecting millionaires over medicare. saying we have plenty of money to give them tax cuts but not seniors their medicare. and continuing to obstruct any progress on our economy. they care about one thing. tea party republicans in congress. they will bring this economy to the brink of default in order to try and insurance some partisan game. they have to stop the partisanship. they walked away from our cuts. we said oil companies should do more as well. >> you know i have david corn with me who is an expert, you wrote about this, the republicans passed their fix it thing. protect the defense department from any cuts, that was the deal last year when all of this mismash occurred, and just medicar
it looks like boehner is threatening just that. he will not let the debt ceiling increase or create a function. he will create a crisis right before the election. the american people will see their credit rating drop, the s&p will go down, and the county think suffer. >> this is like a bad summer rerun. their play was partisan obstruction, protecting millionaires over medicare. saying we have plenty of money to give them tax cuts but not seniors their medicare. and continuing to...
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boehner knows this. this is why boehner is now coming to the table saying, all right, we can't do the cliff thing, we'll get the political hit for it and we'll also be in a bad negotiating position. but he has to identify where the money's coming from. and it's got to be rates. i get a sense in washington that the democrats have drawn the line in the sand on rates. if you can't get rates, you can't get anything else. boehner's going to come out and identify a bunch of deductions. that's not going to be enough. you got to go the rates. once you do the rates, everything else might fall in place because do i think the white house will negotiate. >> i want to go over the stakes of all of this just for the average american family, if we do go over the cliff, about 90% of households would end up paying almost $3,500 more in taxes and one in five action pai -- taxpayers would have to pay the alternative minimum tax, which would mean an increase of $3,700 more of what you already know and those on unemployment i
boehner knows this. this is why boehner is now coming to the table saying, all right, we can't do the cliff thing, we'll get the political hit for it and we'll also be in a bad negotiating position. but he has to identify where the money's coming from. and it's got to be rates. i get a sense in washington that the democrats have drawn the line in the sand on rates. if you can't get rates, you can't get anything else. boehner's going to come out and identify a bunch of deductions. that's not...
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gregg: what of john boehner though? steve latourette, who said, the same 50 or 60 chuckle heads who always screw things up, speaking of the tea party group. >> yeah. gregg: he said it is not really the speaker's fault. is it the speaker's fault? >> well, look, i think boehner was, he is in a bad spot. there are no good outcomes here for republicans. there have been no good policy outcomes for republicans. i watched the steven latourette comment, one of the things that struck me, these are the guys, 50 or 60 chuckle heads came here and screwed things up. the presumption congress was working just fine before they arrived. i would argue that it is nice we have people in congress who are actually serious about looking at the long term consequences of our overspending over these past couple of decades. that is where the real problem is. he can say they're stubborn and not willing to compromise and all things he said repeatedly as he made those criticisms but the reality is they're actually trying to solve the long-term probl
gregg: what of john boehner though? steve latourette, who said, the same 50 or 60 chuckle heads who always screw things up, speaking of the tea party group. >> yeah. gregg: he said it is not really the speaker's fault. is it the speaker's fault? >> well, look, i think boehner was, he is in a bad spot. there are no good outcomes here for republicans. there have been no good policy outcomes for republicans. i watched the steven latourette comment, one of the things that struck me,...